Tire mold



. 1,494,615 J. I... MARTIN TIRE .MOLD

' Filed Oct; 15 i923 doserib'ei, l :'..In the drawm Pstented-Majzdi 924.

" Junie L. nrsnrm, or eotoneposrnmes, comrnmo.

F 12m iron).

' Applicationflled -oetobcr 1.5, 1923. Serial no. 668.560.

To dllwhom it mrtyoomehtf v Be it known thetJAMss L. MARTIN, a

citizen of the United States, residin at.

7 Colorado Springs, in the county of El aso 5 and State of Colorado, hasinvented certain new andusefnl Improvements in Tire Molds,

' ofIwhiclr-the 'follo wingris a specification.

a This in'vention-pertainsto molds for molding' andcuring rnbberjtirs'or casings, or for 10 repairingiand'rebuilding worii tires, and'the object' is to provide ja simple andefiicient} form of mold of'thisfcharaeter, andwhieh" it 1;;kind of-y'ork 1 is, thought Wlll Y facilitateth Fignre 1 a si le'elei'a on of th e molds e b Figure 2 is gn'end'or edger eygy Figure 3 is a lan iew of a seeti'on. shone th grts o ,the' mold-opened out;

v ig'ure" his 'zfi eross section .on the line 1-4 in 'Elg'nreilg" I The inventi'omcomprises two semi-circular half-molds 1 and 2, designed when properly locked-together, to form a complete .half-r'nold in. turn is madenp of an oliter shell or treadg portion 8, and two semi-cir'cu lar channel irons or bead irons 9, hinged at the-medial points 10 to'the" said outer'shells 8.- The ends of the channel irons fall flush with the ends of the outer shells, when closed together. The channel irons are pro.- 9 vided withbolt lugslladapted toengage the draw bolts 12, for drawing and looking the channel irons together laterally for completing the perfect mold. -These ehannel irons may be formed with any desired sort 4 .of beads. as maybe desired on thecom-j' pleted tire,'and anyform of core or airlbag may be employed; as may be desire'd.-'--

The use and operation of-the devio e aparent.: l While Ll are herein described a certain speeifie manner 1nd method of constructing 4 and assembling the elements of my invention. it is understood that I-rnay "ary from the same in minor details, not departingfrom the spirit of my' invention, so as best to construct a prac'tical device for the pur pose intended, as defined in the appended claim. 'I claim: A device of the kind described, compris-fi ing two semi-circular half-molds adapted to be locked together to form e. complete Cir-- d; ear-h 'half-mold including an' outer shell and two' semi-eircular ehannel'fifi irons lunged medially thereto; and means for drawing and looking the channel Irons together laterally.-

In testimony tjvhereof Iafiix my signatnre;

, -Witnesses: 1

' CHAS. D. YOUNG,.

B. D. Sms;

JAMES LMARTIN; i 

